4 Sentenced In Monroe For Criminal Offenses

Four people were sentenced for criminal offenses yesterday in Monroe County Court by Senior Judge Arlington W. Williams.

Thomas Joablonski of Kunkletown, charged with receiving stolen property, was sentenced to three to 12 months in the county jail and ordered to make restitution of $1,000.

Joseph Coleman of Harrison, Somerset County, charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, was sentenced to three to 12 months in the county jail and directed to make restitution of $2,000. A plea bargain dropped charges of criminal mischief, two counts of theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property involving a dump truck and tractor.

Coleman was placed on immediate parole by Williams after the court acknowledged that Coleman has been in the county jail unable to post bail since his Sept. 1 arrest and had already served the minimum term.

Joseph Phelan of Pittsburgh and Thomas Freiday of East Stroudsburg both pleaded guilty to retail theft charges, and each was sentenced to two to four months in the county jail and ordered to make $20 restitution. Both men were placed on immediate parole since minimumsentences already had been served. Freiday has been in jail unable to post bail since his Aug. 29 arrest, and Phelan had been in jail unable to make his bail since his Sept. 24 arrest.

Sentencing of Bruce Hawk of Kunkletown R.2, charged with two counts of receiving stolen property, was continued until 11 a.m. Dec. 16.

David and Timothy Tanzosh, both of Kunkletown, scheduled for sentencing on charges of receiving stolen property, informed the court through their counsel, Robert Rosenblum, that they were withdrawing their earlier pleas of guilty. That case was continued.